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books which cannot be placed under any author's name. Charles Gross's valuable Bibliography of Municipal History, pp. 287- 325, is excellent as far as it goes. Charles Welch's Notes on Municipal Literature, London, 1893, and his Bibliography of the Livery Companies are useful. There ai>e lists of the published accounts of parish officers in London in The English Historical Review, April, 1900, pp. 335-41. A Quart erly Bibliography of Middlesex (and Herts) appears in Middlesex and Herts Notes and Queries.

The various local libraries of London specialize in topographical books relating each to its own district, and the Cata- logues of such libraries are of consider- able value. Of these some notable ones are the libraries at Hampstead, Ken- sington, Battersea, Bermondsey, Bishops- gate Institute, and St. Martin's Lane Library. For prints and maps the Catalogue of the Crace Collection, London, 1878, and the Catalogue of Drawings of Old London issued by the Archaeological Institute, London, 1893, pp. 44, are best.

The Historical Association (6, South Square, Gray's Inn) issued in 1908 Leaflet 14, consisting of an outline Bibliography of London. The Subject Catalogue of the London Library and the Catalogue (two series) of the Peabody Institute (Baltimore) are most valuable. With reference to the Guildhall Library, one may reasonably wonder why no better catalogue exists, and why, considering that this library is main- tained by the richest corporation in the world, nothing is done towards compiling an adequate Bibliography of London, or in issuing a bulletin regularly, as is done by all the big American libraries. A Biblio- graphy of London might be divided up under various headings, such as (1) General Works on Municipal History ; (2) London before the Conquest : (3) London from the Con- quest to the Great Fire ; (4) Eighteenth- Century Books on London ; (5) Archaeology, ! Historical Geography, and Cartography : (6) the Local History of the Metropolitan i - Parishes.

Huck (T. W.), Account of a Scheme for a Bibliography of London (vide The Library, January, 1912).

Overall (W. H.), On the Early Maps of London (Proc. Soc. Antiq., Second Series, vi. 81-99).

Whoatley (H. B.), Notes on Norden and his Map of London, 1593 (London Topo. Record, ii. 42-65).

Lethaby (W. R.), Pepys's London Collec- tion (London Topo. Record, ii. 06-9).

Lethaby (W. R.), Notes on Hollar's Map of the Western Part of London date about 1648 (London Topo. Record, ii. 109-10 >.

Gomme (Bernard), Catalogue of the Exhibition of Maps, Views, and Plans of London, exhibited at Drapers' Hall. 10 March. 1905 (London Topo. Record, iv. 113-10). Norfolk Rye (Walter), Index to Norfolk Topo- graphy (Index Society, 1881).

Rye (Walter), Index to Norfolk Pedigrees and Continuation of Index to Norfolk Topo- graphy, 189(5.

Selby (W. D.) and Rye (Walter), Norfolk Records, 2 vols. (Norfolk Archeeol. Soc., 1886).

Colman (J. J.), Bibliotheca Norfolciensis, a Catalogue of the Books in the Library of J. J. Colman, Carrow Abbey, by John Quinton, 1896.

Woodward (S.), Norfolk Topographer's Manual, 1842. Superseded by Mr. Rye's- book, &c.

Cf. also Rye (Walter), The Unpublished Material for a History of the County of Norfolk (Arch. Journal, xlvii. 164-9).

Tingey (J. C.), A Calendar of Deeds- enrolled within the County of Norfolk (Norfolk and Norwich Arc-hit. Soc., xiii. 33-92, 125-91, and 241-92).

Northamptonshire Taylor (John), A Biblio- graphical Account of what has been Written or Printed relating to the History, Topo- graphy, Antiquities, Family History, Cus- toms, &c., of Northamptonshire. (North- ampton, n.d.) Only six copies printed.

Huth (Henry), A Catalogue of the Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, and' Engravings collected by II. Huth, with Collations and Bibliographical Descriptions ~ Books relating to the History of Northamp- tonshire, or written by Natives or Residents in the County of Northampton. Northamp- ton, Taylor & Son, 1881.

Turner ( John),Bibliotheca Northantonensis, Catalogue of Books referring to the History of Northamptonshire, 1800-84, collected by John Turner (now in Northampton Museum Reference Library).

A. L. HUMPHREYS. 187, Piccadilly, W.

(To be continued.)

Cheshire Bibliotheca Cestriensis, or a Biblio- graphical Account of Books, Maps, Plates, and' other Printed Matter relating to, printed or published in, or written by Authors resident in, the County of Chester. 4to, 1904, and large paper, folio, 1904.

Stafford " 523 Staffordshire Bibliography. A Manuscript Catalogue of Books relating to, or- connected with the County of Stafford, neatly written in Ink, also a Manuscript Volume- containing the Lives of Staffordshire Authors,. 2 vols., royal 8vo (1 morocco, 1 roan), n.d. Written by Mr. G. T. Lawley of Wolyer- hampton. The Catalogue is divided into six Sections, viz., Historical and Topo- graphical, Poetical, Descriptive and Bio- graphical, Didactical, General, Pamphlets

and MSS " &c. This is in the Catalogue-

of Messrs. W. N. Pitcher of Manchester for January of this year.

B. S. B.

Shropshire Duke (T. F.), History of Shropshire, containing a list of books, MSS., maps, plans, and views. 1844.

Catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, and MSS. relating to the Town of Shrewsbury and Shropshire in the Shrewsbury Public Libra ry- H. T. Beddows. 1903.

H. T. BEDDOWS.

Public Library, Shrewsbury.